The short length and 4.5-lb weight won’t drag you down. Small size lends to practical applications, as the S-S can bring 12-gauge thump just about anywhere and can easily maneuver inside of tight quarters.Ī bit of bear defense in the woods? Sure. Overall length with 6.5″ barrel is only 16.5″. There ain’t a lot of shotguns that’ll fit in a backpack, but the Serbu SUPER-SHORTY will perform the trick with room to spare. Luckily, there’s no shortage of aftermarket options such as those from Hogue, Knoxx, and others. Overall this gun is awesome and a ton of fun to shoot - oh…whoops…spoiler alert! - but the factory grip just sucks. The plastic is hard and slick, and the shape manages to direct all of the recoil force into the web of your hand and the meaty part of your thumb there. What isn’t so comfortable is the included pistol grip. The checkering feels nice grippy, precise, but comfortable even when the recoil is slamming it into your hand. It’s possible to run the S-S with the foregrip folded, but it isn’t the design intention and it’ll abrade the bottom of the receiver a bit.įlipping the grip from folded to vertical orientation is simple and rapid, requiring nothing more than rotating it downwards until it clicks. It locks firmly in vertical orientation, held in place by a stiff spring, and pulling down on it allows it to clear the locking notch and fold flat to get it out of the way. Gone is the standard, horizontal grip and in its place is a vertical foregrip. Where Serbu really comes in and makes functional changes is to the forend and action bars. This 6.5″ barrel version holds just 2 shells in the tube - whether 2.75″ or 3″ - while the 13.75″ barrel flavor holds 4. Same safety, same trigger, same action lock at the front of the trigger guard, same loading gate, etc. My sample is built from a Remington 870 and, if you’re familiar with that shotgun (and you probably are), you’ll be right at home with the S-S. There is no front bead or other sight on the S-S. The machining here is smooth and clean and the radius on the OD is a nice touch. If there’s any doubt as to whether the SUPER-SHORTY uses a proprietary barrel or a cut-down factory barrel, the half-missing “2” in the “2 3/4 or 3″” roll mark should provide the answer. Once again, they were kind enough to give me a little alone time in their south bay for some shooting (gun) and shooting (camera). As long as I remained on Sharp Shooting’s premises under their watch, there was no need to transfer the S-S into my name and wait the ~8 months on the tax stamp.
MOSSBERG SHOTTY LICENSE
This time, thanks to Sharp Shooting’s manufacturer’s license and SOT, Serbu was able to send the SUPER-SHORTY to them for testing and inspection. Last time it was use of their south bay (with lights out) for the flash hider shootout.
First, yet again I need to thank Sharp Shooting Indoor Range & Gun Shop in Spokane, WA for assisting me with a review.